Fans of Sophia Loren, Monica Bellucci and Violante Placido might scoff at naming a car show Le Bellezze d' Italia -- the Beauties of Italy -- but anyone who has ever ogled the smooth lines of a Maserati or heard the sweet roar of a Ferrari will simply smile.

The glut of unsold houses pocking the nation's newer neighborhoods may be just what the doctor ordered for thousands of wounded servicemembers facing homelessness and serious financial hardships since returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan, advocates say.